Engineering Students Defended Projects in English

13:46, June 6, 2018

The University hosted the competition named “Projects of the Future”

Protection of the environment, assistance to elderly people and new sources of electricity are some of the topics of the projects that were presented by second-year engineering students at the 9^th Regional competition “Projects of the Future”. UrFU students of Ural Power Engineering Institute, Institute of Physics and Technology, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Institute of New Materials and Technologies and Institute of Radioelectronics and Information Technologies, as well as students of Izhevsk State Technical University took part in the competition.

The winner was a student of the Ural Power Engineering Institute Nikita Shpekht with his project “Power Glasses”. The other prize-winning places were taken by students of Institute of Chemical Engineering Regina Zaydullina and Ignat Pozdeev with a project  named “The Case in the Bottle” and Victoria Igosheva and Daria Romanova, students of the Institute of Physics and Technology with their project “A Pen that Changes Color”.

"I am very glad that I got the chance to participate in Projects of the Future. I will always remember this experience, because I was able to practice English in my professional field. I believe that this event helps engineering students to overcome the language barrier. Thanks to the authors and organizers of this event", says Nikita Shpekht.

"In addition to the language component, this project is interesting and attractive due to its nontriviality and the absence of a definite answer or solution. Students have opportunity to choose and present the topic or development of their interest and start thinking outside of the box. Maybe, in the end the participation in such event will help future alumni to decide on their future career paths”, says associate professor of the Institute of Physics and Technology Vladimir Volkovich.